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Ah, so the reason that - just to pick an example here - my father who put in long hours as an IT professional and then came home to teach me and my siblings and kickstart my tech career, passed away is because he didn't come up with a plan and get busy not being a cancer victim?

Somebody who loses their legs after getting hit by a drunk driver just needs to make a plan, stop being a victim and try to grow their legs back.

Got COVID? The ticket to a speedy recovery is hard work and positive thinking.

Pull yourself up out of nutritional deficiency and homelessness by your bootstraps! If you don't have boots, start by making some out of leaves and twigs.

Come on, Walter. You can say "sound mind and body" if you like but the reality is that "normal" is an arbitrary distinction set by one person or another, and at any moment you can become a victim because you get pushed out of "normal". You or I can look at someone and say "what do they have to complain about?" but you have no way to know if they're currently dying of an autoimmune disease or being blackmailed or working 3 jobs to pay off their spouse's medical bills.




I'm sorry you lost your father, cancer is a terrible disease. I lost my mom to cancer.

The vast majority of victims are of sound mind and body, they aren't legless. If your legs are crushed by a drunk, you have my sympathy. If you were playing on the freeway at the time, my sympathies would be a bit muted.

> Got COVID?

Personally, I did everything I could to reduce my risk, and am now vaccinated. 2/3 of Americans are not vaccinated, yet one can now just walk in and get vaccinated. I'm respectful and sympathetic to the health workers and essential workers who put their lives at risk.

But today, when vaccines (in the US) are trivially available, I'm not so sympathetic to those who do not get one, and then get Covid.

I had a conversation with one person who said she wasn't getting the vaccine because God would look out for her. I replied that God looked out for her by making the vaccine available.

The overwhelming majority of people in America are of sound mind and body.




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